I completely forgot about this game. As did most of the Penny Arcade crowd, apparently. Ah well, it's in my Gamefly queue.
It's a fun enough little game to start out with, but gets progressively worse as the game goes on. Definition of a rental game here, so you did good.
I borrowed it from a friend. It's basically half-assed as all get out beyond the writing. The writing is actually pretty decent and funny, though the plot is "YOU ARE IN A VIDEOGAME SPIDER-MAN" the incidental jokes and stuff are fun and well delivered.
The gameplay is just... okay. Beat-em-up from 10 years ago, basically.
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616 Deadpool chucked Peter Parker off a bridge (shortly before Civil War) and then fought Spider-man. After Peter's reveal he later comments about Peter=Spider-man totally getting him off the hook for chucking him off a bridge.
"Technically they're called 'Stick'em Powers'."
"Actually they're called 'Stick'em Powers'...wait. Did another me already make that joke?"
"How do you make a zappy thing? What do they eat? What are their brains made of?"
Those lines have been stuck in my head since playing it. The gameplay, not so much.
I knew Noir existed before, but I remembered nothing beyond the setting and costume. Did he have absolutely no powers? Because the game has MW delivering half of them, and he seems to have trouble beating up random thugs.
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
edited October 2010
It's a more realistic, Pulpy universe, so they wanted to stack the odds against him
I liked everything about this game, except the gameplay.
Specifically, the fighting controls, the dodging controls, the lock-on and the camera.
The wall-crawling stank as well, but I avoided that by not doing it.
But after all that, I refuse to believe that anyone playtested the game on Hard and gave it the okay.
Noir definitely had a lot less power scale. He was definitely a metahuman, but more along the power scale of The Shadow. Powerful enough to be believable as someone functioning against a group of people, but not much more.
I liked everything about this game, except the gameplay.
Specifically, the fighting controls, the dodging controls, the lock-on and the camera.
The wall-crawling stank as well, but I avoided that by not doing it.
But after all that, I refuse to believe that anyone playtested the game on Hard and gave it the okay.
Basically, yes. I can't believe they wasted Dan Slott on writing a game that was this half-assed otherwise.
Like, Bayonetta felt more like Spider-Man. Arkham Asylum felt more like Spider-Man. If I'm goddamn Spider-Man I probably shouldn't be getting hit over and over again. And the whole "This is the auto-dodge unless you see a thing over your head and the enemy's head at the same time colored yellow." was completely impossibly dumb.
Fun enough to punch my way through because I like Spider-Man but good lord did he deserve better.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited October 2010
This game is decent. I made the mistake of starting on hard difficulty. I was fine through the first 5 missions but by act 2 the sheer amount of enemies makes it a bitch and I was hating the game.
I scaled back to normal difficulty and I find that I'm enjoying the game again though it is far from perfect.
Too many glitches. The fucking Sandman final fight can eat a dick too. The camera is not good enough for that kind of battle.
Welp, finally played this. I've played far worse games, but the gameplay isn't tremendously awesome or awful. It's just kind of there. And the camera's a little annoying, and the web-slinging's a little clunky. Not horrible, but not aces either.
I do like the fact that they nailed the feeling of the comics. And while the plot is HAI SPIDER DUDES YOU'RE IN A VIDEO GAME the Spider-quips were pretty good.
Anyway. So does anyone care that there's a sequel coming? Beenox is doing Spider-Man: Edge of Time, which is more or less this game sans Ultimate and Noir. Just Amazing and 2099, and hopefully more polish. Oddly enough Kotaku's reporting that the guy who did Ultimate (also in the Spectacular Spider-Man series) is now doing Amazing, while the guy who did Noir (also in the 90s series) is doing 2099. Huh. I kinda liked 2099 sounding completely different from the rest of the Spideys.
Given that the 2099 stuff was probably the universe I liked least in Shattered Dimensions, I can't say I'm all that excited about Edge of Time. I'll probably get the game, but only once it's had a significant price drop.
Now if they'd used the Noir universe on the other hand...
While I'm not looking forward to Edge of Time and straight-up just don't trust Spider-Man games anymore, it's always nice to see Keaton doing Spider-Man voicework
Fuck them for killing off The Spectacular Spider-Man
I won't buy another Spider Man game unless it's another sand-box free roam game.
This.
I lost interest quickly in Shattered Dimensions, I think it was the bullshit Sandman fight. I wasn't terribly impressed with Noir, and 2099 was lame. I did like Amazing and Ultimate though, the combat for Amazing was pretty rad.
I want a new sandbox Spider-Man that pulls an Arkham City and fanservices the fuck out of me, has the solid web swinging mechanics of Spider-Man 2 and Web of Shadows and the combat of Amazing in Shattered Dimensions.
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I'd be perfectly fine with a Web of Shadows sequel with Keaton as Spidey.
I dunno, I didn't really have any major annoyances with the Sandman fight. Or maybe I got lucky? Who knows.
That said, I'm a little concerned that we're getting another Spidey game just a year after the last one. That doesn't really give me confidence the game will get the extra polish Shattered Dimensions needed. Yay for Activision.
I dunno, I didn't really have any major annoyances with the Sandman fight. Or maybe I got lucky? Who knows.
That said, I'm a little concerned that we're getting another Spidey game just a year after the last one. That doesn't really give me confidence the game will get the extra polish Shattered Dimensions needed. Yay for Activision.
Were you playing on hard? The final and mid-boss fights for Sandman really aren't that bad, but that first one when you're playing on hard is easily the most infuriating thing in the game.
Tossing barrels to turn him to mud, okay. Him turning back to sand at entirely unpredictable and random intervals of time, including sometimes doing it between the time that you tossed the barrel and the time that your immediate web-strike to get close actually connects? Not cool. Having several attacks specifically designed to make it hard to get another barrel tossed at him? Very irritating.
His constant powerful attacks even after you've turned him to mud? Bleh.
No, I didn't play on hard... good thing I didn't, since people are saying that's an exercise in extreme masochism in this case. I think I wrestled with the camera a couple of times during the final Sandman fight, but I didn't think it was too annoying. Then again I lived through the N64/PS days when it was a minor miracle when the camera didn't take a dump on your face.
I will say I laughed when the game suggested Spidey could win a boxing match with the Juggernaut (much less survive it). I was actually a little disappointed it was Juggernaut instead of the Rhino... Rhino's pretty much the only classic Spidey villain that's not in the game. Well, Venom too, but Venom sucks.
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I borrowed it from a friend. It's basically half-assed as all get out beyond the writing. The writing is actually pretty decent and funny, though the plot is "YOU ARE IN A VIDEOGAME SPIDER-MAN" the incidental jokes and stuff are fun and well delivered.
The gameplay is just... okay. Beat-em-up from 10 years ago, basically.
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"Actually they're called 'Stick'em Powers'...wait. Did another me already make that joke?"
"How do you make a zappy thing? What do they eat? What are their brains made of?"
Those lines have been stuck in my head since playing it. The gameplay, not so much.
I knew Noir existed before, but I remembered nothing beyond the setting and costume. Did he have absolutely no powers? Because the game has MW delivering half of them, and he seems to have trouble beating up random thugs.
Specifically, the fighting controls, the dodging controls, the lock-on and the camera.
The wall-crawling stank as well, but I avoided that by not doing it.
But after all that, I refuse to believe that anyone playtested the game on Hard and gave it the okay.
Like, Bayonetta felt more like Spider-Man. Arkham Asylum felt more like Spider-Man. If I'm goddamn Spider-Man I probably shouldn't be getting hit over and over again. And the whole "This is the auto-dodge unless you see a thing over your head and the enemy's head at the same time colored yellow." was completely impossibly dumb.
Fun enough to punch my way through because I like Spider-Man but good lord did he deserve better.
I scaled back to normal difficulty and I find that I'm enjoying the game again though it is far from perfect.
Too many glitches. The fucking Sandman final fight can eat a dick too. The camera is not good enough for that kind of battle.
I do like the fact that they nailed the feeling of the comics. And while the plot is HAI SPIDER DUDES YOU'RE IN A VIDEO GAME the Spider-quips were pretty good.
Anyway. So does anyone care that there's a sequel coming? Beenox is doing Spider-Man: Edge of Time, which is more or less this game sans Ultimate and Noir. Just Amazing and 2099, and hopefully more polish. Oddly enough Kotaku's reporting that the guy who did Ultimate (also in the Spectacular Spider-Man series) is now doing Amazing, while the guy who did Noir (also in the 90s series) is doing 2099. Huh. I kinda liked 2099 sounding completely different from the rest of the Spideys.
Now if they'd used the Noir universe on the other hand...
Fuck them for killing off The Spectacular Spider-Man
This.
I lost interest quickly in Shattered Dimensions, I think it was the bullshit Sandman fight. I wasn't terribly impressed with Noir, and 2099 was lame. I did like Amazing and Ultimate though, the combat for Amazing was pretty rad.
I want a new sandbox Spider-Man that pulls an Arkham City and fanservices the fuck out of me, has the solid web swinging mechanics of Spider-Man 2 and Web of Shadows and the combat of Amazing in Shattered Dimensions.
That said, I'm a little concerned that we're getting another Spidey game just a year after the last one. That doesn't really give me confidence the game will get the extra polish Shattered Dimensions needed. Yay for Activision.
Tossing barrels to turn him to mud, okay. Him turning back to sand at entirely unpredictable and random intervals of time, including sometimes doing it between the time that you tossed the barrel and the time that your immediate web-strike to get close actually connects? Not cool. Having several attacks specifically designed to make it hard to get another barrel tossed at him? Very irritating.
His constant powerful attacks even after you've turned him to mud? Bleh.
Not a fan of that fight at all.
I will say I laughed when the game suggested Spidey could win a boxing match with the Juggernaut (much less survive it). I was actually a little disappointed it was Juggernaut instead of the Rhino... Rhino's pretty much the only classic Spidey villain that's not in the game. Well, Venom too, but Venom sucks.